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Descriptor English: Imagery, Psychotherapy
Descriptor Spanish: Imágenes en Psicoterapia
Descriptor imaginería en psicoterapia
Entry term(s) imaginería (psicoterapia)
imaginería guiada
imaginería psicoterapéutica
imágenes en psicoterapia
imágenes guiadas
terapia de ensoñación dirigida
tratamiento dirigido por ensoñaciones
Scope note: Empleo de imágenes mentales producidas por la imaginación como forma de psicoterapia. Pueden clasificarse por la modalidad de su contenido: visual, verbal, auditiva, olfatoria, táctil, gustativa, o cinestética. Los temas comunes derivan de imágenes de la naturaleza (ejemplo, bosques y montañas), imágenes de agua (ejemplo, arroyos y océanos), imágenes de viajes, etc. Estas imágenes se utilizan en el tratamiento de trastornos mentales y para ayudar a los pacientes a afrontar otras enfermedades. Las imágenes a menudo forman parte de la HIPNOSIS, del ENTRENAMIENTO AUTÓGENO, de las TÉCNICAS DE RELAJACIÓN, y de la TERAPIA CONDUCTUAL. (Encyclopedia of Human Behavior, vol. 4, pp29-30, 1994)
Descriptor Portuguese: Imagens, Psicoterapia
Descriptor French: Without translation
Entry term(s): Directed Reverie Therapies
Directed Reverie Therapy
Guided Imagery
Imagery (Psychotherapy)
Imagery Psychotherapy
Imagery, Guided
Imagery, Psychotherapeutic
Psychotherapeutic Imagery
Psychotherapy Imagery
Psychotherapy, Imagery
Reverie Therapies, Directed
Reverie Therapy, Directed
Therapies, Directed Reverie
Therapy, Directed Reverie
Tree number(s): E02.190.525.249
F04.754.462
RDF Unique Identifier: https://id.nlm.nih.gov/mesh/D019018
Scope note: The use of mental images produced by the imagination as a form of psychotherapy. It can be classified by the modality of its content: visual, verbal, auditory, olfactory, tactile, gustatory, or kinesthetic. Common themes derive from nature imagery (e.g., forests and mountains), water imagery (e.g., brooks and oceans), travel imagery, etc. Imagery is used in the treatment of mental disorders and in helping patients cope with other diseases. Imagery often forms a part of HYPNOSIS, of AUTOGENIC TRAINING, of RELAXATION TECHNIQUES, and of BEHAVIOR THERAPY. (From Encyclopedia of Human Behavior, vol. 4, pp29-30, 1994)
Annotation: a psychotherapy technique; do not confuse with the imagery or mental images produced by the imagination ( = IMAGINATION)
Allowable Qualifiers: CL classification
EC economics
ED education
ES ethics
HI history
IS instrumentation
LJ legislation & jurisprudence
MT methods
OG organization & administration
SN statistics & numerical data
ST standards
TD trends
Previous Indexing: Relaxation Techniques (1980-1995)
Public MeSH Note: 2020; was IMAGERY (PSYCHOTHERAPY) 1996-2019
History Note: 2020 (1996); was IMAGERY (PSYCHOTHERAPY) 1996-2019
DeCS ID: 32721
Unique ID: D019018
NLM Classification: WM 420.5.I3
Documents indexed in the Virtual Health Library (VHL): Click here to access the VHL documents
Date Established: 1996/01/01
Date of Entry: 1995/06/08
Revision Date: 2019/01/18
Imagery, Psychotherapy - Preferred
Concept UI M0028397
Scope note The use of mental images produced by the imagination as a form of psychotherapy. It can be classified by the modality of its content: visual, verbal, auditory, olfactory, tactile, gustatory, or kinesthetic. Common themes derive from nature imagery (e.g., forests and mountains), water imagery (e.g., brooks and oceans), travel imagery, etc. Imagery is used in the treatment of mental disorders and in helping patients cope with other diseases. Imagery often forms a part of HYPNOSIS, of AUTOGENIC TRAINING, of RELAXATION TECHNIQUES, and of BEHAVIOR THERAPY. (From Encyclopedia of Human Behavior, vol. 4, pp29-30, 1994)
Preferred term Imagery, Psychotherapy
Entry term(s) Guided Imagery
Imagery (Psychotherapy)
Imagery Psychotherapy
Imagery, Guided
Imagery, Psychotherapeutic
Psychotherapeutic Imagery
Psychotherapy Imagery
Psychotherapy, Imagery
Directed Reverie Therapy - Narrower
Concept UI M0028398
Preferred term Directed Reverie Therapy
Entry term(s) Directed Reverie Therapies
Reverie Therapies, Directed
Reverie Therapy, Directed
Therapies, Directed Reverie
Therapy, Directed Reverie



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